Ulcerative Colitis

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Colorectal screening kits may be picked up at the Marion County Health unit between 4:30 and 7 p.m.

March 14.

The kit will be returned to the health unit between 4:30 and 7 p.m.

March 28, at which time the sample will be tested and results given to the client.

The health unit is on State Hwy.

202 W.

in Yellville.The screening is the fecal occult blood test, which should be done every year, according to Dee Williams, chairman of the Marion County Hometown Health Cancer Council.

ADVERTISEMENT "When found at an early stage, the five-year survival rate for colon cancer is 90 percent," she said.

"When it has been allowed to spread only to nearby organs or lymph nodes, the five-year survival rate is reduced to 66 percent.

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